Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6214W

CRH PLC

13 June 2008

13thJune 2008

SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAMME

CRH plc announces that on 12th June 2008, Davy purchased, on behalf of the Company, 60,000 Ordinary Shares of €0.32 each in CRH plc at prices between €19.50 and €20.79 per Ordinary Share. The purchased shares will be held as Treasury Shares.

Following the above transactions, CRH plc holds 11,858,373 Ordinary Shares in Treasury. The number of Ordinary Shares in issue (excluding Treasury Shares) is 536,262,033.